Operations Research and Big Data
IO2015-XVII Congress of Portuguese Association of Operational Research (APDIO)

Editors: Ana Paula Ferreira Dias Barbosa Póvoa, Joao Luis de Miranda



Includes valuable case studies in the field of operations research

Addresses current topics relevant to Big Data analysis

Carefully integrates the scientific level and a didactic approach

The development of Operations Research (OR) requires constant improvements, such as the integration of research results with business applications and innovative educational practice. The full deployment and commercial exploitation of goods and services generally need the construction of strong synergies between educational institutions and businesses.

The IO2015 -XVII Congress of APDIO aims at strengthening the knowledge triangle in education, research and innovation, in order to maximize the contribution of OR for sustainable growth, the promoting of a knowledge-based economy, and the smart use of finite resources.

The IO2015-XVII Congress of APDIO is a privileged meeting point for the promotion and dissemination of OR and related disciplines, through the exchange of ideas among teachers, researchers, students , and professionals with different background, but all sharing a common desire that is the development of OR.

Table of contents (29 chapters)

Front Matter

A Model to Minimize Costs and Promote Species Persistence under Climate Change

A Fix-and-Relax Algorithm for Solving Parallel and Sequential Versions of a Multi-period Multi-product Closed Loop Supply Chain Design and Operation Planning Model

Efficiency in Increasing Returns of Scale Frontier

Modeling Inter-sector Health Policy Options and Health Gains in a Long-term Care Network: A Location-Allocation Stochastic Planning Approach

Optimization of Construction and Demolition Waste Management: Application to the Lisbon Metropolitan Area

Financial Structure, Product Market Decisions and Default Risk in an Asymmetric Duopoly

On the Optimization of Aircraft Maintenance Management

Petroleum Supply Chain Network Design and Tactical Planning with Demand Uncertainty

Modeling Lot Sizing and Scheduling in Practice

Improving the Robustness of Bus Schedules Using an Optimization Model

Airport Ground Movement

Optimization of a Recyclable Waste Collection System - The Valorsul Case Study

Simulated Annealing for Production Scheduling: A Case Study

Applying Superquantile Regression to a Real-World Problem: Submariners Effort Index Analysis

Recent Trends and Challenges in Planning and Scheduling of Chemical-Pharmaceutical Plants

Planning Collection Routes with Multi-compartment Vehicles

Pricing for Internet Sales Channels in Car Rentals

Eco-efficiency Assessment at Firm Level: An Application to the Mining Sector

Exploring a Column Generation Approach for a Routing Problem with Sequential Packing Constraints

Design of Retail Backroom Storage: A Research Opportunity?